This poster outlines all of our responsibilities in supporting good attendance and also gives very clear evidence from our own Year 11 and 13 students last of the correlation between good attendance and performance in examinations.

In Year 11 last year, students with 97% or above attendance were twice as likely to get top 9-7 grades in their GCSE as those with attendance between 94 and 96.99% and over ten times as likely to get top 9-7 grades as those with attendance between 87 and 93.99%. No students with attendance of below 87% achieved a 9-7 grade in any subject.

The drop-off in attainment really starts when students' attendance falls below 97%  (so not having 100% attendance is not a guarantee that performance will dip  - but it does show that our minimum expectation is 97% for a reason)

In Year 13 last year, students with the best attendance did on average 15 points - equivalent to a grade and a half - better in their A Level qualifications than students with attendance of below 91%.